Sewing spacer for buttons



y 3, 1951 E. K. LANE, JR 2,558,966

SEWING SPACER FOR BUTTONS Filed April 24, 1950 INVENTOR. Zbmxw A.AA/vA'Jz By W%% ATTORNEY detail construction of invention, reference isbad to the Patented July 3, 1951 T oFF cE SEWING SPACER FOR BUT TONS.Edward K. Lane, Jr., Denver, Colo. Application April 24, 1950, SerialN0. 157,708

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a button spacer for dressmakers, tailors, andthe like, and has for its principal object the easily used device whichcan be placed beneath a button to hold the latter while it is beingstitched to a garment, and which the button away from the'garment adistance proportionate to the size of the button.

In stitching buttons to clothing, it is customary to space the buttonsaway from the goods'a distance suilicient to allow the buttoned flap topass beneath the button without wrinkling or distorting the goods.Buttonsare usually proportioned in size in accordance with the thicknessof thegoods; that is, small buttons such as used onshirts,blouses,'etc., are spaced very. close to the goods, while large buttons,such as used on topcoats, overcoats, and the like, are spaced relativelyfar from the goods. This improved button spacer will automatically spacethe buttons in accordance with their size without it being necessary togive any attention to the spacing.

Other objects and advantages reside in the the invention, which isdesigned for simplicity, economy, and efficiency. These will become moreapparent from the following description.

In the following detailed description of the drawing which forms a parthereof. Like numerals refertolke parts in all views of the draw: ing andthroughout the description. v I

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side view of a button, illustrating it spaced from agarment;

Fig. 2 isa top view of the improved button spacer; and

provision of a simple and will automatically space the spacer oppositeto the passage I3. The ear is provided with an opening I5 to facilitatea finger grip thereon and to provide means for goods 16 withthe openingl2 over the position at which the button is to be stitched.

The button 11 is then placed in the stepped I concavity of the spacer IIand will automatically accompanying I claimed and desired secured byLetters Patent is:

Fig. 3 is'a longitudinal section therethrough,

taken on the line 3-3, Fig.

The improved button spacer is preferably formed from some type ofmoldable product, such as molded plastic, hard rubber, or similarsubstance.

The improved spacer is formed to provide a concavity having a pluralityof concentric, circular steps l0 indented in a circular spacing memberII. The concavity terminates in a circular thread opening I2 at thebottom, from which a side passage [3 leads to form a keyholelike slottherein. 7

The maximum thickness of. the spacer II is equal to the greatest spacerequired between the goods and the largest button. The innermost stephas a thickness equal to the spacing desired between the goods and thesmallest conventional button.

An oar I4 projects outwardly from the side of approach the goods H5 inproportion to the diam eter-of the button, for a smaller button willdescend to a lower step I 0 than a larger button. The button is thenstitched in place by means of the thread l8, after which the spacer llmay be removed and the thread wrapped, as indicated at l9, to maintainthe button at the proper spacing.

It is desired to call attention to the fact that the plurality ofcircular, concentric steps l0 act to receive the peripheral edge of thebutton I! so as to automatically center the button over the centralthread opening l2.

While a specific form of the improvement has been described andillustrated herein, it is to be understood that the same may be varied,within the scope of the appended'claim, withoutdeparting from the spiritof the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is A device for spacingbuttons from garments while sewing the former in'place, comprising: a

spacing member adapted to be positioned beneath the button and providedwith a sidewardly opening passage to allow the member to be withdrawnfrom beneath the button after the latter has been stitched in place;said member being provided with a button-receiving concavity in itsupper face aligned with the sidewardly opening passage; and a pluralityof concentric steps formed in said concavity for receiving theperipheral edgeof the button.

' EDWARD K. LANE, JR-

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